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West Brom 1 Oxford United 1 (aet; 1-1 after 90min; West Brom won 7-6 on pens)

Few sides escape from a penalty shoot-out after missing their opening two
attempts. It was a rare feat achieved by West Bromwich Albion on a
drama-laden night in which they squeezed into the third round courtesy of
Jason Davidson’s winning spot-kick — the 18th of the night.

Yet, as far as pluses go, there was little else to cheer for Alan Irvine, the
head coach, whose team even laboured in extra time against ten men.

An exit to the side rooted to the foot of Sky Bet League Two — Michael
Appleton’s team are still to plunder a point — would have amounted